2020-06-12
Tomasino's original post (gopher)
I saw on the fediverse today that ~christina over on circumlunar tried their hand at baking some bread following Tomasino's recipe.
I must say I quite enjoyed the contrast between Tomasino's careful, methodical process and ~christina's recap of their "just do what you feel" strategy. Or, as I like to call it, the Mungo Jerry approach.
(fn in-the-summertime []
(if daddy-rich?
"take her out for a meal"
"just do what you feel"))
Sometimes the Mungo Jerry approach (just do what you feel) works out okay in baking. At least, sandwich bread is pretty forgiving. It's not like you're baking a delicate cake or anything.
There's this conventional wisdom that "While cooking is an art, baking is a science," and that you must be very careful and precise all the time.
Baking is *wonderful!* It's like *science* for *hungry people!*
-https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1679
Aside: while looking for the above quote, I was startled to see that Jeph is *still* writing Questionable Content. He's fast closing in on *twenty years* of writing that little webcomic. I used to read it avidly.
So even neurotic little Hannelore buys into the baking-as-science myth. For good reason mind you. It's an appealing story.
But here's the thing. ~christina, mungo jerry and all, succefully made yummy bread:
it has a happy ending and satisfies the ego-scanning heart
So whatever man. Just use what you have and mix it all up and heat it up for a while. It'll probably turn out pretty great.
This is the secret of most DIY: just make stuff.
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